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Show EXPLOSION IN PUEBLO Laundry Is Dynamited Cause Traced to Labor Troubles Pueblo, Jan. 19. A terrific dynamite dyna-mite explosion early today partially wrecked the Colorado laundry, in the heart of the business district, and shattered window glass In adjoining buildings, including those of tho Globe Express company, early today. No valuables, however, wero taken from tho express company's office. A dynamite dy-namite fuse was found in the alloy outside of tho express company. Tho motive for tho outrage Is not known. No estimated damage has been given and thero are no arrests. The police are now working on a theory that the explosion was caused by out-of-town parties and it Is connected con-nected with the many explosions In the last few years on Jobs which are being done by structual lion workers not connected with the national organization. or-ganization. It is now believed that tho only ob-p.ct ob-p.ct -was tn riestxnv thr lareo. tnnk used as a -water softener When this was being erected some years ago it mysteriously toppled over ono night, but no clow was ever found as to the real cause. The force of tho explosion explo-sion was such that windows were shattered In a territory covering several sev-eral blocks. Tho windows In tho Globe Express company's office across tho alley crashed to the street and it was first supposed that the safe of that company had been blown. The explosion caused great exclte-men, exclte-men, as, owing to the killing of an alleged al-leged Black Hand leader here the night before, it was believed that the gang was taking revenge for the murder mur-der of their leader. The police, however, how-ever, are of tho opinion that the Black Hand had no connection with the affair. The laundry was operated on a non-union basis, but it Is not believed that this had any connection with tho explosion. It developed today that an attempt had boen mado to wreck the building a year ago, when tho gas In an upper story -was turned on mysteriously, undoubtedly with tho hope that a spark or a light might cause an ex-plos'on. ex-plos'on. Prompt discovery prevented a disaster. The sheriff's office Is said to have a clew which points to one man as being responsible for tho outrage. Reports that a warrant had been Issued Is-sued were denied, but it Is claimed that a deputy sheriff loft in an automobile au-tomobile today to tako up the trail of a suspecL J. Will Johnson, owner of tho laundry laun-dry and former president of the city council, said: "I believe the explosion was merely mere-ly an attempt to put me out of business bus-iness by wrecking the building." That there was no attempt to take human life, tho authorities bollove, 13 indicated by tho fact that the explosion explo-sion occurred at 2-50 a. m., whon It was known no one was In the planL t |
